On Holiday A Suite in Three Movements for String Orchestra |
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Date of composition | Spring 1968 |
Opus number | 54 |
Type of work | Concert music |
Duration | 5½ mins |
Musical forces | String Orchestra |
Suitable for use in schools | |
First performance | 1968 |
First performance information | Bromley Symphony Orchestra in the 1968 Bromley Arts Festival |
Publisher | Bardic Edition |
Notes | See also opp. 18a, 19, 37 & 42; movements are: 1. DENMARK—In the Deer Park (a ‘pony-and-trap’ piece); 2. FRANCE—Brittany Beach (in memoriam Francis Poulenc); 3. HUNGARY—On the Puszta (a peasant dance à la Bartók) |
…provided such excellent opportunities for solo contributions from the orchestra.
—Richard Terry, The Croydon Advertiser, 27th June 1968
The scoring was sensitive and effective…
—Norman Harvey, Kentish Times, 28th June 1968